pestilent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pestilent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pestilent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pestilent adj exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent] likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" Synonym(s): pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pestilent \Pes"tilent\, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent.] Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. [bd]Corrupt and pestilent.[b8] --Milton. [bd]What a pestilent* knave is this same![b8] --Shak.